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SENATE BILL 356
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SB 1165/24 – JPR CF HB 39
By: Senator Smith Senators Smith, Waldstreicher, and Love
Introduced and read first time: January 16, 2025
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 3, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Health – Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency 2
Virus 3
(Carlton R. Smith Act) 4
FOR the purpose of repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring 5
or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual; 6
and generally relating to transfer of human immunodeficiency virus. 7
BY repealing 8
Article – Health – General 9
Section 18–601.1 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Health – General 15
[18–601.1. 16
(a) An individual who has the human immunodeficiency virus may not knowingly 17
transfer or attempt to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual. 18
(b) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor 19 2 SENATE BILL 356
and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment not exceeding 1
3 years or both.] 2
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act sha ll take effect 3
October 1, 2025. 4
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.